questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases referred to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission have involved (a) new arguments, (b) new evidence and (c) neither in each year since the Criminal Case
answerText: The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), funded by the Ministry of Justice, functions as an independent body, making decisions autonomously and without ministerial influence. Recognising the need to increase the size of its caseworker team and to carr...
heading: Convictions: Appeals